Effectiveness of Variable Rotor Blades Technique&Variable Stator Vanes Technique in AdjustingAxial-flow Compressor

Abstract

Multi-stage Axial-flow compressor is the main driver of continuous transonic wind tunnel and it usually has ultra-wide operating range. High performance wind tunnel generally requires its multi-stage axial-flow compressor has high economic performance and stability in its ultra-wide operating range. The combination of variable compressor rotational speed and variable geometry technique, variable rotor blades technique (VRBT) and variable stator vanes technique (VSVT), has been widely adopted in extending the stable working range with high efficiency of multi-stage axial-flow wind tunnel compressor. Adjusting Effectiveness was defined in this paper to quantify the effectiveness of VRBT and VSVT in extending stable and high aerodynamic efficiency operating range of wind tunnel axial-flow compressor under various operating conditions. The results show that the adjusting effectiveness of VRBT and VSVTis a function of reaction degree, flow coefficient, loading coefficient and the amount of loading coefficient change.